| Provide an explanation for | 26 |
| They may be found in cribs | 26 |
| Fabled grasshopper rebuker | 26 |
| "Them!" creature | 26 |
| Unwanted guest in a pantry | 26 |
| Carpenter or army follower | 26 |
| "High Hopes" bug | 26 |
| Queen's servant, maybe | 26 |
| Prefix for arctic or eater | 26 |
| One with a small nest egg? | 26 |
| Myopic, workaholic crawler | 26 |
| Insect in one's pants? | 26 |
| Hill "carpenter" | 26 |
| He's often in the hole | 26 |
| Grasshopper's opposite | 26 |
| Fire or carpenter creature | 26 |
| Farm critter with six legs | 26 |
| Echidna's little snack | 26 |
| Creature with a tiny waist | 26 |
| Carpenter or fire follower | 26 |
| "Soldier" insect | 26 |
| South Frigid Zone boundary | 26 |
| Brightest star in Scorpius | 26 |
| Supergiant star in Scorpio | 26 |
| Red supergiant in Scorpius | 26 |
| Poker player's payment | 26 |
| Sometimes it's a penny | 26 |
| Prove that you want a hand | 26 |
| Prelude to a deal, perhaps | 26 |
| Give some money to the pot | 26 |
| Dealer's call, perhaps | 26 |
| A chip in the pot, perhaps | 26 |
| Requirement for some games | 26 |
| Poker player's must-do | 26 |
| Opening poker contribution | 26 |
| It may lead to a good deal | 26 |
| Entry fee for a poker hand | 26 |
| Cost to get in on the deal | 26 |
| Amount to be raised, maybe | 26 |
| A few chips, say, in poker | 26 |
| "Give me a hand" | 26 |
| Sticky-tongued nest raider | 26 |
| Animal with a limited diet | 26 |
| Pitched in, and got a hand | 26 |
| Showed interest in playing | 26 |
| Paid in, before the blinds | 26 |
| Nickel and dime in gaming? | 26 |
| Sand-and-glass contraption | 26 |
| Literary collection: Abbr. | 26 |
| "O Canada," e.g. | 26 |
| Part of a pregame ceremony | 26 |
| Prefix with hero or matter | 26 |
| Word with biotic or freeze | 26 |
| Supporter's antithesis | 26 |
| Prefix with trust and rust | 26 |
| Prefix with septic or tank | 26 |
| Prefix with quark or shark | 26 |
| Prefix with nuke or freeze | 26 |
| Prefix with freeze or hero | 26 |
| Prefix with christ or pope | 26 |
| Prefix for trust or thesis | 26 |
| Prefix for social or trust | 26 |
| Less-than-climactic start? | 26 |
| Knock or social attachment | 26 |
| "Social" starter | 26 |
| The Three Stooges had many | 26 |
| Immunologist's concern | 26 |
| One of the Leeward Islands | 26 |
| Columbus discovery of 1493 | 26 |
| 1493 Columbus landing site | 26 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow, e.g. | 26 |
| Nontraditional protagonist | 26 |
| They're not behind you | 26 |
| Herpetologist's supply | 26 |
| Like some 60's rallies | 26 |
| One of a pair on a caribou | 26 |
| Russian playwright Chekhov | 26 |
| Actor Diffring or Walbrook | 26 |
| Speed skater Apolo __ Ohno | 26 |
| Russian pianist Rubinstein | 26 |
| Willa Cather title heroine | 26 |
| Shakespeare's merchant | 26 |
| Violinist-composer Vivaldi | 26 |
| Exterminator's targets | 26 |
| "Them" creatures | 26 |
| Them, in "Them!" | 26 |
| Line on a Venus fact sheet | 26 |
| Unwelcome dining discovery | 26 |
| They may make pantry raids | 26 |
| Socially organized insects | 26 |
| "Them!" critters | 26 |
| Â Â Hill inhabitants | 26 |
| Eager to leave the picnic? | 26 |
| Frans Hals' birthplace | 26 |
| Insect-world animated film | 26 |
| Animated bug movie of 1998 | 26 |
| Blacksmith's work site | 26 |
| It always gets a hammering | 26 |
| Menachem's co-Nobelist | 26 |
| "___ questions?" | 26 |